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,¤,,,,¤¤¤, ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ,,¤¤,,¤¤¤,
,,,¤¤,,¤,, LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ¤,,,,,,¤,,
¤¤,,,,,,,¤ OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ,,¤¤¤¤,,,¤
¤,,¤¤¤¤¤,, ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ¤,,¤¤,,¤,,
,,,,¤¤¤,,, BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ,,,,,,,,,,
¤¤¤,,¤,,¤¤ SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤,,,,,,,¤ INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤,,¤¤¤¤¤,, ANTENNA ARRAYS ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
,,,,¤¤¤,,, WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
,¤¤,,¤,,¤¤ DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤,
,,,,,,,,,, ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤,,
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤,,¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ¤¤¤¤¤¤,,,,
,¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ,¤¤¤¤,,¤¤,
,,¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ,,¤¤,,,,,,
¤,,¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ AND «OUR« LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ¤,,,,¤¤¤¤¤
,,,,¤¤¤¤¤¤ GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ,,¤¤,,¤¤¤¤
,¤¤,,¤¤¤¤¤ ¤,,,,,,¤¤,
,,,,,,¤¤¤¤ AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ,,¤¤¤¤,,,,
¤¤¤¤¤,,¤¤¤ VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ,,,¤¤,,¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤,,,,¤, CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ¤¤,,,,,,¤¤
¤¤¤,,¤¤,,, THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ¤,,¤¤¤¤,,¤
¤¤,,,,,,¤¤ AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ,,,,¤¤,,,,
,,,¤¤¤¤,,¤ AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ¤¤¤,,,,¤¤,
¤¤,,¤¤,,,, HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ¤¤,,¤¤,,,,
,,,,,,,¤¤¤ ,,,,,,,¤¤,
¤¤¤¤¤¤,,¤, AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ¤¤¤¤¤¤,,,,
,¤¤¤¤,,,,, (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ¤¤¤¤¤,,¤¤,
,,¤¤,,¤¤¤, RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ¤¤¤¤,,,,,,
¤,,,,,,¤,, AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ,¤¤,,¤¤¤¤¤
,,¤¤¤¤,,,, MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ,,,,,,¤¤¤¤
,,,¤¤,,¤¤¤ DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ,¤¤¤¤,,¤¤,
¤¤,,,,,,¤, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ,,¤¤,,,,,,
,,,¤¤¤¤,,, FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ¤,,,,¤¤¤¤,
¤¤,,¤¤,,¤, BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ,,¤¤,,¤¤,,
,,,,,,,,,, DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ,,,,,,,,,,
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ NO , ONE , HAS , ANSWERED ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ SO WHY IS THAT? ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ SHOWS) ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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